Visiting Dallas 1963

[B.]

It was Antonino Grimando, who also used the surname Marchese/Marchesi. Was 48 when he was killed in 1891 and came to the US around 1889. Father Giuseppe and had a son named Gaspare.

Interesting. I never heard the name Grimando in Roccamena but the name Marchese is prevalent.

Who was Stefano Bedami's wife?

Giuseppa Gugliotta. She was living in Roccamena when he came to the US and never joined him that I know of.

[B.]

From what I can see the Grimando name is most common in Alcamo and Trapani.

Nicolo Schiro's great-nephew is Salvatore Marchese but that came from the Camporeale side. It's right next to Roccamena so I'm sure Marchese is common in both.

With the above in mind, the infamous Campisis in Newark had heritage in Camporeale while the Dallas Campisis were Roccamenese.

[Antiliar]

I checked the years 1847 and 1848 for the Nati in Roccamena and didn't see either Grimando or Marchese:
https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/search- ... =Roccamena

[B.]

Cavita -- do you know where in Louisiana the Rockford Roccamenesi lived? Carlo Campisi arrived to a brother Francesco in Melville in 1907 and within ten years Carlo was in Dallas. His brother was living in Lafourche close to New Orleans by 1910 -- one of his neighbors was a Joseph "Chapatta", wondering if there's a connection to Vincenzo Chiappetta since he was in NO a few years earlier.

The Campisis lived in Ustica for a time before Carlo was born then they returned to Roccamena.

[JoelTurner]

It was Antonino Grimando, who also used the surname Marchese/Marchesi. Was 48 when he was killed in 1891 and came to the US around 1889. Father Giuseppe and had a son named Gaspare.

Interesting. I never heard the name Grimando in Roccamena but the name Marchese is prevalent.

Who was Stefano Bedami's wife?

Giuseppa Gugliotta. She was living in Roccamena when he came to the US and never joined him that I know of.

Did he remarry? Because in the articles about his death they mention a Mary Badami being his wife
(https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1142435 ... er-newark/)

[B.]

It was Antonino Grimando, who also used the surname Marchese/Marchesi. Was 48 when he was killed in 1891 and came to the US around 1889. Father Giuseppe and had a son named Gaspare.

Interesting. I never heard the name Grimando in Roccamena but the name Marchese is prevalent.

Who was Stefano Bedami's wife?

Giuseppa Gugliotta. She was living in Roccamena when he came to the US and never joined him that I know of.

Did he remarry? Because in the articles about his death they mention a Mary Badami being his wife
(https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1142435 ... er-newark/)

Yep, he did remarry late in life and strangely he listed himself as single up until then but earlier documentation shows he definitely had a first wife who remained in Sicily.

[cavita]

Cavita -- do you know where in Louisiana the Rockford Roccamenesi lived? Carlo Campisi arrived to a brother Francesco in Melville in 1907 and within ten years Carlo was in Dallas. His brother was living in Lafourche close to New Orleans by 1910 -- one of his neighbors was a Joseph "Chapatta", wondering if there's a connection to Vincenzo Chiappetta since he was in NO a few years earlier.

The Campisis lived in Ustica for a time before Carlo was born then they returned to Roccamena.

New Orleans, Independence and Donaldsonville were the main cities in Louisiana that the Roccamena people were from that settled in Rockford.

[B.]

Person of interest: Matteo Arrigo

Came to the US from Palermo in 1911 with Manfredi Mineo and Antonino Grillo. Spent a period in NYC, then lived in Atlanta, ultimately settling in Galveston, TX, where he died in the 1950s.

Galveston seems to have been a Palermitano colony whereas Dallas was more from the interior.

[Sullycantwell]

Sorry for the spam, this just sent me on a rabbit hole, but it appears Luke Cortemeglia is a member.

Vincenzo Maggiotta was born June 10, 1912 in New York according to the FBI, however a burial record has a "VICENZO IGNACIO MAGGIOTTA" as born June 14, 1912 and dying on January 10, 1989. Vincenzo also went by Jimmy Maggiotta and Vincenzo Maggiota. The FBI reported he was connected to a gambling operation at a bakery (presumably the Neapolitan bakery at 2226 Butler street in Dallas that was operated by Peter Pellegrino) with Ross Patrano, Joe Ianni, and Rocco Pellegrino's son, Peter Pellegrino. On May 27, 1960, Maggiotta was seen driving one of the delivery trucks belonging to Peter Pellegrino's bakery. Maggiotta was a Top-Echelon informant and his informant number was "DL 248-PC". An informant advised that he and Joseph Ianni were involved in fencing stolen goods. On June 4, 1961, Joe Campisi introduced FBI agent David Breen to the following members: Joe Vicello, Charles Civello, Ross Russo, Joe Ianni, Phil Bosco, Joseph Colletta, John Patrono, Frank Tortorielli, Pete Interrante, Vincent Maggiotta, Peter Piccola, Charlie Scalice, James Anidei, John Carcelli, and Joe Miller. i suspect many of these members were made, though more research would be needed. Maggiotta owned a delicatessen, though the FBI file does not specify the name or address. Jerome Crane was a funeral director and an informant, he advised that there was a group who came to some funerals who called each other "Compadre" and had secret conversations in the back. The group was Charles Civello, Ross Musso, Joe Ianni, Philip Bosco, John Patrono, Pete Cunzalo, Vincenzo Maggiotta, and Pete Interrante.

[Sullycantwell]

Sorry for the spam, this just sent me on a rabbit hole, but it appears Luke Cortemeglia is a member.

Vincenzo Maggiotta was born June 10, 1912 in New York according to the FBI, however a burial record has a "VICENZO IGNACIO MAGGIOTTA" as born June 14, 1912 and dying on January 10, 1989. Vincenzo also went by Jimmy Maggiotta and Vincenzo Maggiota. The FBI reported he was connected to a gambling operation at a bakery (presumably the Neapolitan bakery at 2226 Butler street in Dallas that was operated by Peter Pellegrino) with Ross Patrano, Joe Ianni, and Rocco Pellegrino's son, Peter Pellegrino. On May 27, 1960, Maggiotta was seen driving one of the delivery trucks belonging to Peter Pellegrino's bakery. Maggiotta was a Top-Echelon informant and his informant number was "DL 248-PC". An informant advised that he and Joseph Ianni were involved in fencing stolen goods. On June 4, 1961, Joe Campisi introduced FBI agent David Breen to the following members: Joe Vicello, Charles Civello, Ross Russo, Joe Ianni, Phil Bosco, Joseph Colletta, John Patrono, Frank Tortorielli, Pete Interrante, Vincent Maggiotta, Peter Piccola, Charlie Scalice, James Anidei, John Carcelli, and Joe Miller. i suspect many of these members were made, though more research would be needed. Maggiotta owned a delicatessen, though the FBI file does not specify the name or address. Jerome Crane was a funeral director and an informant, he advised that there was a group who came to some funerals who called each other "Compadre" and had secret conversations in the back. The group was Charles Civello, Ross Musso, Joe Ianni, Philip Bosco, John Patrono, Pete Cunzalo, Vincenzo Maggiotta, and Pete Interrante.

The delicatessen was the Anchor Seafood Company. Also, in may of 1944, he married Amelia Marie Brigida Maggiotta. According to her obituary she “was born on September 3, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York, to Michael Brigida and Lucia Potenzieri”. Both of her parents were from Bitetto, Puglia. I couldnt find were Maggiotta’s parents were from though.

[PolackTony]

Sorry for the spam, this just sent me on a rabbit hole, but it appears Luke Cortemeglia is a member.

Vincenzo Maggiotta was born June 10, 1912 in New York according to the FBI, however a burial record has a "VICENZO IGNACIO MAGGIOTTA" as born June 14, 1912 and dying on January 10, 1989. Vincenzo also went by Jimmy Maggiotta and Vincenzo Maggiota. The FBI reported he was connected to a gambling operation at a bakery (presumably the Neapolitan bakery at 2226 Butler street in Dallas that was operated by Peter Pellegrino) with Ross Patrano, Joe Ianni, and Rocco Pellegrino's son, Peter Pellegrino. On May 27, 1960, Maggiotta was seen driving one of the delivery trucks belonging to Peter Pellegrino's bakery. Maggiotta was a Top-Echelon informant and his informant number was "DL 248-PC". An informant advised that he and Joseph Ianni were involved in fencing stolen goods. On June 4, 1961, Joe Campisi introduced FBI agent David Breen to the following members: Joe Vicello, Charles Civello, Ross Russo, Joe Ianni, Phil Bosco, Joseph Colletta, John Patrono, Frank Tortorielli, Pete Interrante, Vincent Maggiotta, Peter Piccola, Charlie Scalice, James Anidei, John Carcelli, and Joe Miller. i suspect many of these members were made, though more research would be needed. Maggiotta owned a delicatessen, though the FBI file does not specify the name or address. Jerome Crane was a funeral director and an informant, he advised that there was a group who came to some funerals who called each other "Compadre" and had secret conversations in the back. The group was Charles Civello, Ross Musso, Joe Ianni, Philip Bosco, John Patrono, Pete Cunzalo, Vincenzo Maggiotta, and Pete Interrante.

The delicatessen was the Anchor Seafood Company. Also, in may of 1944, he married Amelia Marie Brigida Maggiotta. According to her obituary she “was born on September 3, 1912 in Brooklyn, New York, to Michael Brigida and Lucia Potenzieri”. Both of her parents were from Bitetto, Puglia. I couldnt find were Maggiotta’s parents were from though.

Offhand, I would suspect that the surname was originally Margiotta and may have been from Sciacca. I’m not able to dig into him myself now, but this is my hunch.